Amiga 1200 compatible PCMCIA CDROM units?

[Lovrenco Vladislavic]

Hi there,

Can someone tell me which PCMCIA CDROM from PC world are compatible with
Amiga 1200?
Is there a driver issue, or these devices are PnP whwn inserted to PCMCIA
slot?

Thank You in advance!

Lovrenco

[user]

It`s mostly a driver issue.
You`d be better off to locate an IDE cdrom.

[Lovrenco Vladislavic]

Well, I am trying to fin a way to connect CDROM without destroying original
amiga case.

Any ideas?

Thank you in advance
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[jk...@hotmail.com]

Lovrenco Vladislavic schreef:

> Well, I am trying to fin a way to connect CDROM without destroying original
> amiga case.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thank you in advance

On the back of the A1200 next to the power connector, there's a small
(3 or 4 cm) opening in the the case.
Noone knows what it was meant for, probably it was for some expansion
that never came out...
Normally it's covered with a small plastic plate that clicks into
place.
You can remove it without damaging the case by pushing it out from the
inside.
Maybe you can squeeze the IDE cable through there?
Or better maybe you could extend the IDE port (with a short IDE adaptor
cable) to that opening so you can connect/disconnect the CDrom without
having to open the case.

[Lovrenco Vladislavic]

This opening is on the oposite side, far ftom IDE port onboard

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[Amiduffer]

You're rather limited in ways of hooking a CDdrive to a 1200. The
little opening next to the mouse port is normally for the SCSI kit that
comes with the Blizzard series accelerator. I've seen a 1200 specific
USB kit on www.amigakit.com that uses the clockport and the connector
fits in that little slot. That way, you can get the common USB CDdrives
available.

The other way of putting a CD on the Amiga was through the SquirrelSCSI
or Surf Squirrel which hooks up to the PCMCIA.

Other than that, you will have to modify the case a little. If you're
handy with a dremmel type tool, you can install a laptop CDdrive IN the
1200. There are devices that allow more than one device to be connected
to the IDE port. If you have an external IDE CDdrive, you can run a
cable from inside, although it'll look a little ugly. It will require
cutting a slot on the side.

I've never seen any CDdrives that connect to a PCMCIA. Just ram,
ethernet, and networking cards.

Andrew

[Lovrenco Vladislavic]

Well, visit this link:

http://search.ebay.com/pcmcia-cd-rom_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8QQsatitleZpcmciaQ20cdQ2drom

There is overdrive cd-rom made for Amiga 600/1200.

But i want to know if any of PC cdrom drives works with amiga with overdrive
drivers.

I realy dont want to ruin Amiga case.

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[Amiduffer]

Lovrenco Vladislavic wrote:
> Well, visit this link:
>
> http://search.ebay.com/pcmcia-cd-rom_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8QQsatitleZpcmciaQ20cdQ2drom
>
>

Oh! Interesting. I don't know myself if they would work. I'll ask
around.

[Amiduffer]

Ok, heres a few responses I got.

>Re: Do PC PCMCIA CDdrives work with the A1200?
>
>No
>
>JJ Posted on: 2006/11/3 12:00
>Joined: 2002/2/16
>Posts: 875
>Wales
>
>Re: Do PC PCMCIA CDdrives work with the A1200?
>
>Doubtful, though I used to have an overdrive and it was just a pcmcia card which connected to a >standard x2 cdrom. Im guessing that the converter used would be pretty generic. But it would have >to a type I card, and I wouldnt like to shell out the cash to try it, unless it was cheap and/or u had a >laptop without a cd-rom to use it on if didnt work
>
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>
>Doobrey Posted on: 2006/11/3 12:53
>Joined: 2002/10/2
>Posts: 1630
>
>Re: Do PC PCMCIA CDdrives work with the A1200?
>
>I just looked at some of those listed above on ebay, most are 32bit cards, so they're a definate no->no.

There you go. Just try the ones I mentioned.

[helmut]

"Lovrenco Vladislavic" <lovrenco.v...@st.htnet.hr> wrote in message
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years ago i used a squirrel pcmcia scsi interface with scsi cdrom on a 1200
and it always worked perfectly..dunno whether they are still available.

[Amiduffer]

Well, they don't manufacture them. 8) But yes, I've seen some listed by
some of the retailers and they show up on Ebay or Amibench from time to
time (thats where I got mine). Go to the company links at the bottom of
www.amiga.org and its got up to date links to all the retailers. And
you should be able to get one.

Although, if you have an accelerator with some ram, do think about
installing the USB on that 1200. Its much more expandible.

SCSI is "oooooollllldddd" technology. At least its cheap. 8)

[Lovrenco Vladislavic]

Got CD1200 PCMCIA controller and solved the problem. By the way, it works
with variaty of drives, not only with mitsumi....

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